The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which functions to save the UK's grassroots live music spots.
He was given the prize on mid-October as his new release his work was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous local spots across Britain.
These funds helped venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained funding support in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
When they earned the trophy in 1996 for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
That year, musician the artist divided her bounty across a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
In recent years, they gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success touched another person's life."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had rescued several small stages in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the properties.
